Beatrice Mayfield
Beatrice Mayfield specialises in hand embroidered textiles using a range of traditional embroidery techniques and processes combined with hand print. Intricate areas of stitch, embellishment or raised work provide pattern and texture and all work incorporates a high level of craftsmanship with contemporary design.
She produces a range of jewellery and accessories, including brooches, neckpieces and scarves. There is a long tradition within textiles and particularly embroidery of re- appropriation. The ‘good’ part of a garment being cut down and re-used; appliques that can be moved to another garment; changeable collars or cuffs used for ‘best’. Small pieces of decoration that lift a garment, when it is impractical or unaffordable to have the whole piece covered. Her work fits into this history, the wearer can add embellishment where and when they want through a brooch or a neckpiece.
She is interested in exploring what textile jewellery can be, questioning how pieces are worn and where there are cross overs between garments & jewellery. Hand embroidery techniques are always at the centre of these designs, creating the texture & colour, normally provided by precious metals and gems. She explores the use of non-precious & unconventional materials to create heirlooms of the future. All inspiration comes from the landscape, normally that of London where she is based.
Beatrice is also one third of LOT, a collaborative project with jewellers, Sarah Pulvertaft & Jed Green. They started working together in 2017 & have shown at London Craft Week in 2018, Collect Open in 2019 & recently presented a new piece for Crafts Alive at Rodmarton Manor commissioned by Gloucestershire Guild.
2012-14 Elisabeth Roulleau Studio, Lyon, Haute Couture techniques
Royal School of Needlework, Traditional embroidery techniques
Central St Martins, short courses in hand embroidery
1190-93 Chelsea College of Art, UAL, Ba (Hons) Public Art: Textile specialisation
Exhibitions and shows
2023 MADE London, presented by Tutton & Young
2023 Christmas Fair, presented by Craft Central, London
2023 House Guests, David Pass House, Cambridge
2023 Future Icons Selects, Bargehouse, London presented by Louisa Pacifico for London Craft
Week
2023 Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Summer & Winter (on-line)
2023 Collect 2023, presented by the Crafts Council, Somerset House, London with Ruup&Form
2022 Prints Pots and Jewellery, Atelier by the Sea, Brighton
2022 Christmas Showcase, New Brewery Arts
2022 Mostly Monochrome, Unit Twelve Gallery, Stafford
2021 Christmas Display, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
2021 Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Summer & Winter (on-line)
2021 Disobedience, Ruup & Form for London Craft Week
2021 LOT 3, Crafts Alone, Rodmarton Manor presented by the Gloucestershire Guild of
Craftsmen
2021 Adorn Axis, in conjunction with NYC x DESIGN, USA (Online)
2021 Digital Craft Festival, Spring (Online)
2020 Digital Craft Festival, Winter (Online)
2020 LOT 2, Collect Open, Collect presented by the Crafts Council, Somerset House, London
Selected Collaborations & Commissions
2017- Present Seven Kings Embroideries for All Saints Church, Kingston
(In collaboration with digital embroider Jacky Puzey)
2022 Reclaim, London Design Festival, commissioned by Ruup & Form
2021 LOT 3, In collaboration with Sarah Pulvertaft and Jed Green, commissioned by
Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen
2020 LOT 2, In collaboration with Sarah Pulvertaft and Jed Green, Collect Open, Collect
presented by the Crafts Council at Somerset House
2019 Out of the Blue by Susan Aldworth, exhibited at Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
Craft Week
2019 LOT 1, In collaboration with Sarah Pulvertaft and Jed Green, Retrouvius as part of
London
Directories & Membership of Professional Bodies
Representation by Ruup & Form, London
Member of Design Nation
Representation on Find a Maker, Craft Festival
Representation on the Crafts Council Directory
